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# perspiration

noun (perspiration — uncountable)

«perspiration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Perspiration is sweat: the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot or working hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#m1)
2. Perspiration is the act of sweating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about the body it explains how we cool down: sweat evaporates and takes heat away. In polite or formal speech «perspiration» sounds nicer than «sweat». A famous saying: «Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration» (hard work matters most).

### Examples

- Perspiration helps keep your body cool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x1)
- Beads of perspiration ran down his face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x2)
- After the race, my shirt was wet with perspiration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x3)
- Drink water to replace what you lose in perspiration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x4)
- Perspiration contains water and salt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x5)
- The heat made everyone break into perspiration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x6)
- Deodorant reduces the smell of perspiration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x7)
- Success needs lots of perspiration and practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x8)
- Perspiration hung like beads on his brow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. More polite or formal than «sweat». Verb: perspire. Spelling: per-spir-ation (not «prespiration»). Myth: sweat itself does not smell much; bacteria cause the smell.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perspiration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perspiration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perspiration.html) on Mova free.